metal music misinterprEted

As explained throughout this website, metal has been under fire because of its lyrics which are let up to interpretation. Then when a biased individual looking for a scapegoat comes along and misinterprets the lyrics, that’s where the scrutiny begins. This section will show metal songs that have either been added to the filthy fifteen, encountered a trial, or a cause of parental advisory labels. It will show they lyrics and how there could be an issue but tell the actual true meaning of the songs and what the band was trying to do by presenting this.

Slayer’s “Angel Of Death” Auschwitz, the meaning of pain The way that I want you to die Slow death, immense decay Showers that cleanse you of your life Forced in Like cattle You run Stripped of Your life's worth Human mice, for the Angel of Death Four hundred thousand more to die Angel of Death Monarch to the kingdom of the dead Sadistic, surgeon of demise Sadist of the noblest blood Destroying, without mercy To benefit the Aryan race Surgery, with no anesthesia Feel the knife pierce you intensely Inferior, no use to mankind Strapped down screaming out to die Angel of Death Monarch to the kingdom of the dead Infamous butcher, Angel of Death Pumped with fluid, inside your brain Pressure in your skull begins pushing through your eyes Burning flesh, drips away Test of heat burns your skin, your mind starts to boil Frigid cold, cracks your limbs How long can you last In this frozen water burial? Sewn together, joining heads Just a matter of time 'Til you rip yourselves apart Millions laid out in their Crowded tombs Sickening ways to achieve The holocaust Seas of blood, bury life Smell your death as it burns Deep inside of you Abacinate, eyes that bleed Praying for the end of Your wide awake nightmare Wings of pain, reach out for you His face of death staring down, Your blood running cold Injecting cells, dying eyes Feeding on the screams of The mutants he's creating Pathetic harmless victims Left to die Rancid Angel of Death Flying free Angel of Death Monarch to the kingdom of the dead Infamous butcher, Angel of Death Angel of Death!!! This song is easily one of the most questionable metal songs ever, maybe even the most questionable song ever. Slayer came under fire for this song very quickly when they released it. As you can see it is a gory description of the Holocaust and the horrific experiments conducted by Josef Mengele. People believe Slayer is glorifying the Holocaust; it does not help that none of the members of Slayer are Jewish. They are not glorifying the Holocaust but rather educating people of the horrors that occurred. It is like a history lesson where we learn what we should never allow to happen again. A video with lyrics to the songs is at the bottom of the page if you wish to listen.

Ozzy Osbourne's "Suicide Solution" Wine is fine but whiskey's quicker Suicide is slow with liquor Take a bottle, drown your sorrows Then it floods away tomorrows Away tomorrows Evil thoughts and evil doings Cold, alone; you hang in ruins Thought that you'd escape the reaper You can't escape the master keeper 'Cause you feel life's unreal And you're living a lie Such a shame, who's to blame And you're wondering why Then you ask from your cask Is there life after birth What you sow can mean hell on this earth Hell on this earth Now you live inside that bottle The reaper's travelling at full throttle It's catching you but you don't see The reaper's you and the reaper is me Breaking laws, knocking doors But there's no one at home Made your bed, rest your head But you lie there and moan Where to hide, suicide is the only way out Don't you know what it's really about Wine is fine but whiskey's quicker Suicide is slow with liquor Take a bottle, drown your sorrows Then it floods away tomorrows This song was a target by many parents whose children committed suicide. There were three trials from this song alone. The first time you hear and read the lyrics it is a very sad song and it may seem like the lyrics are encouraging suicide. Rather, they are warning of the horrors of alcoholism. Ozzy Osbourne wrote this about his good friend, Bon Scott, who died from alcohol. On top of this it is also a reflection and a cautionary tale of what Ozzy went through himself when he as an alcoholic. Yet again, the song is educational and actually a beneficial warning to listeners. A video with lyrics to the songs is at the bottom of the page if you wish to listen.

Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Gonna Take It” Oh We're Not Gonna Take It no, We Ain't Gonna Take It oh We're Not Gonna Take It Anymore we've Got The Right To Choose And there Ain't No Way We'll Lose It this Is Our Life, This Is Our Song we'll Fight The Powers That Be Just don't Pick Our Destiny 'cause you Don't Know Us, You Don't Belong oh We're Not Gonna Take It no, We Ain't Gonna Take It oh We're Not Gonna Take It Anymore oh You're So Condescending your Gall Is Never Ending we Don't Want Nothin', Not A Thing From You your Life Is Trite And Jaded boring And Confiscated if That's Your Best, Your Best Won't Do oh..................... oh..................... we're Right/yeah we're Free/yeah we'll Fight/yeah you'll See/yeah oh We're Not Gonna Take It no, We Ain't Gonna Take It oh We're Not Gonna Take It Anymore oh We're Not Gonna Take It no, We Ain't Gonna Take It oh We're Not Gonna Take It Anymore no Way! oh..................... oh..................... we're Right/yeah we're Free/yeah we'll Fight/yeah you'll See/yeah we're Not Gonna Take It no, We Ain't Gonna Take It we're Not Gonna Take It Anymore we're Not Gonna Take It, No! no, We Ain't Gonna Take It we're Not Gonna Take It Anymore just You Try And Make Us we're Not Gonna Take It come On no, We Ain't Gonna Take It you're All Worthless And Weak we're Not Gonna Take It Anymore now Drop And Give Me Twenty we're Not Gonna Take It oh Crinch Pin no, We Ain't Gonna Take It oh You And Your Uniform we're Not Gonna Take It Anymore This song came under scrutiny mainly for its music video. The lyrics add to the video making it questionable. This video and lyrics angered many parents because it seems to be a call to action for children to rise up and rebel against parental power. This may seem true but the song is actually a joke. It is meant to resemble a Wile E Cyote cartoon. The video illustrates this by overly dramatic acting and extremely silly events occurring. A video with lyrics to the songs is at the bottom of the page if you wish to listen.